As the cameras followed them constantly, Jiang Nan Fang couldn't say much to Zhan Bei Jue, nor did she intend to.
On the eleventh day, she began to act covertly.
July and August would usher in the rainy season, making it inconvenient to go out and stock up on food. Therefore, Zhan Bei Jue's daily task was to go out and find food.
After he left, Jiang Nan Fang went to the riverbank, using stones as knives to clean fish scales, and deliberately cut her finger.
She didn't look for herbs to disinfect it, nor did she tell Zhan Bei Jue.
She pulled a thin vine to make a rope and used a leaf to wrap the wound.
She wrapped it tightly.
After a whole day like this, by the time she went to sleep at night, her finger had swollen to the size of a carrot.
Taking advantage of the absence of cameras, Jiang Nan Fang told Zhan Bei Jue that her hand was injured.
In the dark, upon hearing that she was injured, Zhan Bei Jue could only take her to the lakeside, examining her hand by the faint light of the crescent moon reflecting on the lake.
Unexpectedly, the injury was so severe.
"How could you wrap your finger with such thin fiber material? And tie it so tightly."
"If blood circulation is blocked, wouldn't it swell? If it gets worse, your finger might even necrotize, requiring amputation. Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Jiang Nan Fang looked like she had done something wrong, surprised and scared, unable to speak.
Zhan Bei Jue held her finger, as thick as a carrot, and gently blew on it.
"Can you still feel the pain? Do you have sensation?"
"Let me touch it to see if you still have sensation, if you can move it. As long as there's sensation, it's fine."
Saying this, Zhan Bei Jue gently pinched the swollen area with his fingernail.
Jiang Nan Fang endured the pain: "I have no sensation."
Zhan Bei Jue: "..."
In fact, Jiang Nan Fang knew very well how serious the consequences of doing this would be. She was gambling with her own hand.
Since having children, she had become particularly concerned about safety.
She paid attention to any small news related to safety.
Once, she had seen a news report.
A baby, only a few months old, had accidentally gotten a strand of hair wrapped around its finger without the adults' knowledge.
Because it was wrapped too tightly and for too long, the finger had to be amputated.
A fleeting look of surprise flashed across Zhan Bei Jue's face, but it was only for an instant.
"Go back and lie down and wait for me. Don't be afraid, I'll go find some anti-inflammatory medicine for you."
"If that doesn't work, I'll call the medical team over first thing tomorrow morning. You go back and get treated."
Jiang Nan Fang pulled him, stopping him from leaving.
"No, don't leave me, I'm scared. It's too dark, listen, there are so many strange sounds."
"What you meant just now was that you want me to withdraw from the show alone? Aren't you planning to leave with me?"
Zhan Bei Jue indeed hadn't intended to withdraw so soon.
He had come for the grand prize and the championship.
It was only the eleventh day, far from the end...
Although he had to fight to the end for the prize money in Switzerland before, he no longer needed to.
But the competitive spirit ingrained in his bones made him unwilling to fall behind.
Since the contract had been signed and he was here, he always wanted to see it through.
However, no matter how competitive he was, the ephemeral sense of vanity brought by the outside world could not compare to love.
He was worried about Jiang Nan Fang returning alone, and he didn't want to abandon her at a critical moment.
Therefore, Jiang Nan Fang had manipulated him with almost no effort.
"How could I? I won't leave you."
"You said we wouldn't be separated anymore. Wherever you go, I go. Nothing is more important than you."
Jiang Nan Fang was very happy and handed him a stone.
"Alright then, we'll withdraw together. But to prevent you from unilaterally withdrawing and breaching the contract midway, let's both get a 'couple's injury.' You cut your finger too."
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The next morning, after the doctor's examination confirmed that they had indeed lost their eligibility to continue the competition, they withdrew from the show together.
The netizens never expected that the "best couple" in their eyes, the "grass skirt couple" who they thought would surely make it to the end, would be so fragile and withdraw from the competition over such a small matter.
That day, the internet was in an uproar.
Ke Jing Yu was sitting by Ke Teng's hospital bed, feeding him porridge, when the program director called, furious.
Ke Jing Yu answered the phone with a blank expression. After listening for a few sentences, he hung up.
Although he didn't express anything, Ke Teng keenly noticed the anger on his lips.
"Dad, did something happen?"
"Nothing. Eat your porridge and focus on recovering. Your body hasn't fully recovered yet, so you're not allowed to get involved in any of the outside mess."
Ke Jing Yu stayed at the hospital until three in the afternoon before reluctantly leaving.
Before leaving, he repeatedly instructed the four people at the door to keep a close eye on the young master, and that he would not spare them if anything happened to him again.
After the person left, Ke Teng, who had been pretending to sleep on the hospital bed, slowly opened his eyes again...
Lu Ming Zhe went to Switzerland and, after much persuasion and several days of effort, finally spent fifty million euros to have Zhan Bei Jue completely removed from the participant list.
Now that he no longer had to participate in the show, Zhan Bei Jue's first priority was not to return to Nancheng to reunite with his grandfather, but to go to Switzerland to pick up Min'er.
Jiang Nan Fang had already asked Zhou Jin Bei to handle the procedures for Min'er's family to return to the country.
She thought she had arranged everything for them in Fucheng and they could just return on their own.
Who would have thought Zhan Bei Jue would take it so seriously.
"Min'er is still young, and she hasn't returned for many years. She must be feeling very anxious and lost. Her parents can't help her, so I must go personally at this time."
Jiang Nan Fang agreed, "Then I'll go with you."
"After all, she's a girl. If anything inconvenient happens along the way, we can help each other out."
"Okay."
"You're entering and exiting the country openly now as Zhan Bei Jue. Can you shave off your beard?"
And so, Jiang Nan Fang and Zhan Bei Jue traveled together to that small town in Switzerland.
After leaving the airport, they drove themselves to the hotel in the small town. Zhan Bei Jue couldn't wait to take Jiang Nan Fang to that restaurant.
When they entered, it was past four in the afternoon, not yet the peak dining hour, and there were only a few scattered people in the restaurant.
The owner was not there, and the staff were all in the kitchen. Zhan Bei Jue stood at the serving window and called out to Min'er.
Soon, accompanied by a young and pleasant female voice, a girl with a bright smile ran out from the back.
She looked completely different from what Jiang Nan Fang had imagined and from her passport photo.
Zhan Bei Jue always said she was young, busy, enthusiastic, kind, pitiful, and even tragic.
Her passport photo was also from a long time ago when she hadn't fully grown.
This led Jiang Nan Fang to imagine her as a very thin, frail, sallow-faced girl who needed sympathy.
She never expected her to be so beautiful.
She had already thrown herself into Zhan Bei Jue's arms and was smiling at him.
From her perspective, her eyes were large and bright, her eyebrows were unadorned, curved, and thick.
Her nose bridge was high, her nose tip was small, and her visible teeth were neat and white.
She looked so natural, lively, young, and charming.